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Biodiversity Conservation
Ling Peng, Wei Xue, Fei-Hai Yu
Summary: Organisms from higher trophic levels can indirectly mediate competitive interactions between plant species, but the presence of a third plant species and the size and competitive ability of the target plants can influence such interactions. In this study, we conducted an outdoor experiment using four aquatic plant species with similar niches but differing greatly in size. The results showed that the presence of a third plant species can regulate plant-plant interactions, but this effect depends on the size and competitive ability of the competing species as well as the third species. These findings highlight the role of complexity in plant-plant interactions and have implications for species coexistence and biodiversity maintenance.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Zhen Qin, Qianqian Ge, Jiajia Wang, Mingdong Li, Xiuhong Zhang, Jian Li, Jitao Li
Summary: This study investigated the metabolic responses of Exopalaemon carinicauda under carbonate alkalinity stress using RNA sequencing and metabolomics analysis. The results showed that lipid metabolism was the major differential pathway, and revealed the involvement of energy homeostasis-related signaling pathways. These findings contribute to understanding the physiological adaptation mechanism of E. carinicauda under alkalinity stress.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Mohanned Abdalla, Mutez Ali Ahmed
Summary: Recent studies have shown that Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi (AMF) play a crucial role in maintaining plant water status and soil-plant hydraulic conductance under drought conditions. By extending the effective root radius, AMF reduce water fluxes at the root-soil interface, ultimately enhancing plant resilience to soil drying.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Review
Plant Sciences
Gederts Ievinsh
Summary: Plant modularity-related traits are important ecological determinants of vegetation composition, dynamics, and resilience. Clonal plants often have adaptive advantages in highly heterogeneous or disturbed habitats due to physiological integration. This review aims to identify halophytic plant species with different types of clonal growth and analyze their responses to salinity.
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Agronomy
Yuqiang Tian, Yu Cui, Shuhai Wen, Xiaobing Li, Minghua Song, Xiaoxia Chen, Yong Zhang, Xingliang Xu, Yakov Kuzyakov
Summary: Clonal integration has significant effects on plant productivity and nutrient uptake in heterogeneous environments, especially in arid ecosystems. Experimental results show that clonal integration can increase plant biomass and nitrogen uptake.
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Forestry
Anvar Sanaei, Zuoqiang Yuan, Arshad Ali, Michel Loreau, Akira S. Mori, Peter B. Reich, Tommaso Jucker, Fei Lin, Ji Ye, Shuai Fang, Zhanqing Hao, Xugao Wang
Summary: Positive plant-soil interactions enhance biodiversity and functioning in temperate forests. Relationships between plant and soil diversity and functions were predominantly positive, supporting the niche complementarity effect. Tree species diversity had a pronounced positive effect on soil biodiversity and carbon stocks, linking the positive connections between plant and soil compartments of a temperate forest.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Agronomy
Li-Li Zheng, Si-Mei Yao, Wei Xue, Fei-Hai Yu
Summary: This study found that establishing small islands of safety in contaminated soil can greatly enhance plant growth performance, especially for clonal plants. The presence of safe islands increased the number of branches and total mass of clonal plants, and promoted the growth of mother plants.
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Environmental Sciences
Anna M. Stefanowicz, Pawel Kapusta, Malgorzata Stanek, Kaja Rola, Szymon Zubek
Summary: This study compared the effects of herbaceous plant species on soil physicochemical and microbial properties in forest ecosystems, and found that herbaceous plants have a significant impact on soil microbial communities, but have less influence on soil chemical properties.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
R. J. Fensham, B. Laffineur, P. Shand
Summary: The study revealed that artesian spring wetlands have near-neutral pH and low salinity, while the surrounding scalded areas have extremely high alkalinity and relatively high salinity. Many endemic plant species have clear associations with different habitats, and Eriocaulon carsonii shows tolerance to neutral and alkaline waters.
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Environmental Sciences
Zongyao Qian, Rui Gu, Kun Gao, Dejun Li
Summary: Plant species diversity (PSD) has beneficial effects on soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation, and this study explores the mechanisms underlying the stimulative effects of PSD on SOC pools in a subtropical forest. The study finds that PSD enhances soil lignin accumulation through three mechanisms: stimulating plant detritus inputs, increasing reactive minerals for enhanced lignin protection, and lowering microbial C limitation for reduced lignin degradation. These findings provide valuable insights into SOC dynamics under PSD alteration and can be integrated into Earth system models for more accurate predictions.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
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Agronomy
Wei Xue, Lin Huang, Wei-Jia Sheng, Jia-Tao Zhu, Shu-Qi Li, Fei-Hai Yu
Summary: This study investigated the response of two stoloniferous clonal plants to plant-soil feedbacks, and found that biotic plant-soil feedbacks differed among different species and physically-connected ramets of the same clone. Moreover, physiological integration or plasticity in stolon internode lengths could not help Hydrocotyle vulgaris alleviate the negative effects of plant-soil feedbacks.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Gabrijel Ondrasek, Zed Rengel
Summary: Many of Earth's freshwater and land resources are affected by salinization, leading to destructive effects on ecosystems and agriculture. Traditional ameliorative strategies, along with advancements in biotechnology and ecoengineering, offer potential solutions to combat salinity, but knowledge gaps and ethical concerns remain to be addressed for successful industrial-scale implementation.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Xiaowen Ma, Weicheng Yu, Min Tao, Chang Zhang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Dan Yu, Chunhua Liu
Summary: This study found that the effects of clonal integration on neighboring species depend on their identity and can significantly influence soil properties and microbial community composition. These findings suggest that clonal integration may play a vital role in nutrient cycling, habitat heterogeneity, and interspecific interactions.
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Environmental Sciences
Henry Beral, Danielle Dagenais, Jacques Brisson, Margit Koiv-Vainik
Summary: Bioretention systems are important green infrastructures for managing urban stormwater runoff. This study compared the performance of four plant species in bioretention effectiveness during different growing periods and found that plant species selection is crucial for improving water quality and reducing runoff volume.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Elisa Zampieri, Elisabetta Franchi, Luca Giovannini, Francesca Brescia, Fabiano Sillo, Danilo Fusini, Ilaria Pietrini, Mauro Centritto, Raffaella Balestrini
Summary: This study characterized bacteria isolated from soil and roots of tomato plants and found that these bacteria have the potential to promote plant growth and enhance plant tolerance to water deficit conditions. Inoculating tomato plants with these bacteria increased shoot height and dry weight. The study also showed that the bacterial inoculation affected gene expression related to water deficit pathways in tomato plants. Overall, these findings suggest that the use of these bacteria holds promise for future field applications in improving crop productivity under challenging environmental conditions.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Haiyan Ren, Weiyang Gui, Yongfei Bai, Claudia Stein, Jorge L. M. Rodrigues, Gail W. T. Wilson, Adam B. Cobb, Yingjun Zhang, Gaowen Yang
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Environmental Sciences
Jiqiong Zhou, Gail W. T. Wilson, Adam B. Cobb, Gaowen Yang, Yingjun Zhang
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2019)
Article
Plant Sciences
Matthias C. Rillig, Carlos A. Aguilar-Trigueros, Tessa Camenzind, Timothy R. Cavagnaro, Florine Degrune, Pierre Hohmann, Daniel R. Lammel, India Mansour, Julien Roy, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Gaowen Yang
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Matthias C. Rillig, Anika Lehmann, A. Abel de Souza Machado, Gaowen Yang
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Matthias C. Rillig, Masahiro Ryo, Anika Lehmann, Carlos A. Aguilar-Trigueros, Sabine Buchert, Anja Wulf, Aiko Iwasaki, Julien Roy, Gaowen Yang
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Environmental Sciences
Yongliang Chen, Zhuwen Xu, Kai Feng, Gaowen Yang, Wei Fu, Baodong Chen
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
(2020)
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Plant Sciences
Matthias C. Rillig, Carlos A. Aguilar-Trigueros, Ian C. Anderson, Janis Antonovics, Max-Bernhard Ballhausen, Joana Bergmann, Milos Bielcik, V. Bala Chaudhary, Coline Deveautour, Leonie Gruenfeld, Stefan Hempel, Milica Lakovic, Daniel R. Lammel, Anika Lehmann, Johannes Lehmann, Eva F. Leifheit, Yun Liang, Erqin Li, Yudi M. Lozano, Annette Manntschke, India Mansour, Peter Oviatt, Liliana Pinek, Jeff R. Powell, Julien Roy, Masahiro Ryo, Moises A. Sosa-Hernandez, Stavros D. Veresoglou, Dongwei Wang, Gaowen Yang, Haiyang Zhang
Article
Plant Sciences
Gaowen Yang, Julien Roy, Stavros D. Veresoglou, Matthias C. Rillig
Summary: Global environmental change poses threats to plant and soil biodiversity. The loss of soil biodiversity can further influence plant community's responses to global change disturbances, particularly impacting legume persistence and plant diversity maintenance. Soil biodiversity may serve as a potential buffering mechanism for plant diversity and community composition in grasslands.
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Ecology
Gaowen Yang, Yingjun Zhang, Xin Yang, Nan Liu, Matthias C. Rillig, Stavros D. Veresoglou, Cameron Wagg
Summary: The research found that nutrient enrichment can reduce ecosystem stability by altering plant-soil interactions, leading to changes in plant community composition and productivity. Mycorrhizal suppression and phosphorus addition were tested to observe their effects on functional and compositional stability of plant communities. The study highlighted the importance of intact AM fungal communities in reducing community variance in primary productivity and promoting compositional resistance.
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Ecology
Stavros D. Veresoglou, Gaowen Yang, Magkdi Mola, Annette Manntschke, Moritz Mating, Manfred Forstreuter, Matthias C. Rillig
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Environmental Sciences
Yun Liang, Anika Lehmann, Gaowen Yang, Eva F. Leifheit, Matthias C. Rillig
Summary: The study found that the effects of microplastic fibers on soil aggregation and enzyme activities are dependent on the presence of organic matter. The addition of Plantago and wheat straw increased aggregation and enzyme activities, while microplastic fibers present decreased these effects.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Gaowen Yang, Masahiro Ryo, Julien Roy, Stefan Hempel, Matthias C. Rillig
Summary: The study found that the loss of soil biodiversity can reduce the temporal stability of biomass production, while higher plant diversity can promote temporal stability, especially in terms of functional diversity. The combination of plant and soil biodiversity has a positive impact on temporal stability.
Letter
Plant Sciences
Stavros D. Veresoglou, David Johnson, Magkdi Mola, Gaowen Yang, Matthias C. Rillig
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gaowen Yang, Masahiro Ryo, Julien Roy, Daniel R. Lammel, Max-Bernhard Ballhausen, Xin Jing, Xuefeng Zhu, Matthias C. Rillig
Summary: This study finds that the positive effects of soil microbial diversity on soil functions can be negated by multiple simultaneous global change factors. This is due to the reduction of soil fungal abundance and the relative abundance of coexisting soil bacterial and fungal taxa.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yingjun Zhang, Jiwong Zhou, Gaowen Yang, Jingying Jing, Nan Liu
CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN-CHINESE
(2020)